Guide-lever for riding-cultivators.



e. w. GENTRY. GUIDE LEVER FOR RIDING CULTIVATORS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29, |917.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

5 SHEETS-SHEET I G.vw. GENTRY.'

GUiDE LEVER rFOR RIDING CULTIVATORS. APPLICATION FILED AUG.29. 1917.

1,286Q585. n Patented Deo. S, 1918.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

gwoon/roc G. W. GENTRY.

GUIDE LEVER FOR RIDING CULTIVATORS.

APPLICATION FILED Auc.29, |911.

Patented' Dec. 3, 1918.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

G. W. GENTRY.

GUIDE LEVER FOR RIDING CULTIVATORS.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.29. |911.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

uvam/ron G. w. GENRY.

GUIDE LEVER FOR RIDING CULTIVATORS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29, |917.

1,286,585. Patented De0.3,1918.

K 5 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

sinrns PATENT onirica.

GEORGE W. GEN'IRY, OF HOLDENV ILLE, OKLAHOMA.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. GENTRY, a citizen of the United States, residing. at Holdenville, in .the county of Hughes and State of Oklahoma, have inventedcertain new and usefull Improvements in Guide- Lcvers for Riding-Cultivators, of which the following is a specification. p

My invention relates to new and useful i1nprovements in riding cultivators andhas for its primary object the vprovision of a novel and ellicient controlling mechanism for the cultivator vblade carrying beams.

More specifically the chiefs object of this invention resides in the provision of a suitable hand lever' for each beam. eachliand lever being so connectedto the beam. that it maybe manipulated to raise or lower the free end of the beam or to swing it to the right or left at Will.

A still further object of my invention is to so construct, arrange and mount these controlling levers that they` will be within `easy reach lof the operator when he is seated on' the cultivator so that if at all necessary he may keep his hands upon the levers at all times and still be in a comfortable position and one from which he can see the vwork being accomplished.

Another object which I have in. view `is to construct the controlling mechanism so that it may be adjustable to adapt. it for use by,

men and children with equal facility yand to being' omitted;

proportion the lever arms ofthe mechanism so that but little effort will berequired for any of the operations in order that a child may yoperate the -cultivator with ease. y With these and other objects in view, my invention will be more fully described, illustrated'inl the accompanying drawings and,

then specifically pointed out in the claims which form a partof this application.

In the drawings:

`Figure 1 is a side elevation artiall .in

sectionof a conventional form of riding cultivator showing myinventiou applied there,

to, the parts which my invention replaces Fig. 2 is a corresponding view thecultivator blade carrying beam 1nl raised position;

- Fig. 3 isa planview showing both beams'V and their controlling levers, one of the beams' being shown in a second illustrating y Patented nec. 3. 191s.

position in dotted lines;

Fig. 4 is a view corresponding-to Fig. l illustrating a modified form of construction;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the form of attachment shown in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings; y y

Fig. 6 is afragmentary perspective view illustrating certain details of the other forni of. my invention; n V

` Fig. 7 is asectional view illustrating a guideway'employed .in this latter formv of invention; Y

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the .clamps securing the guideway inplace;

Fig. 9 is afragmentary perspective view of a plow beam supporting st irrup;

Fig. 10 is a corresponding view of a modiied form of beam support;

F ig. 11 is a corresponding view of a still In order to insure aclear and accurate 1111-'.

derstanding of mv invention, its' application and use I havev illustrated it in connection with a conventional form of riding cultivator including the usual Ufshaped axle 10 carrying atits ends the ground-wheels 11. The rear end of the tongue 12 is secured to a tongue "frame which is connected with the intermediate portion ofthe axle for vertical swinging movement and links 13 connected to brackets l11i upon the axle adjacent the wheels are connected to the ends of crank 'I arms 15 of a shaft 16 journaled in a bearing 17 carried bv thetongne and locked in adjusted position by ahand lever 18 having a latch coperating with the notched sector l 19. By this construction the inclination of the depending side-portions of the axle Y10to the horizontal may be adjusted at. will. Irrr.

jecting from the rearend of the tongue frame is a seat standard, or bracket 20 carrying the usual seat, 21, and depending from thev tongue in advance of the shaft 16 is a bracket 22 to which areconnected theforwardf'ends l of the beams 23 by joints 24 which permit of the beams being swung either laterallyy or vertically' at will. Thesebeams support a plurality of cultivator plows or shovels 25 of the usual or any preferred type, Aand-my present invention resides 1in the -provlsion `ot a novel means for accomplishing the lateral and vertical swinging ofthebeams to permit proper handling of the plows or shovels during usebf the Vcu'ltivatorl i I My invention aims toy provide a.A slngle Y handle or lever for eachv beam and 'tosc-dis-l pose the handles or.v lovers that theymay. -be readily grasped by the operator when occu# pyinghis natural position in the seat. In

-. accomplishing this I provide a pair.oi":.standards` 26 each of which is formed with a rear`- Vzo ' wardly directed arm-27 atitsy lower end having a dependingterminal 28 which is forked toy embraceoneof tliebeams 23 at a point slightly at the rear of "the .joint 24. vAny suitable clamping yineans such as aV nut andk bolt 29 is employedto secure the beam in the forkedtermina-l offits standard and thev arms 27 are so proportioned that in normal-horizontal position, ,ofthe .beams the. standards entend substantially .vertically and ,in sub upper portion of the. vstandard. is-provide'd with .a `number .of diametrically disposed Y pairs ofopenings. 34, the pairs of openings being disposed at various: angles to, each other as shown'in Fig. 1. bolt 35 is passed through one pairof openings of each standard and through oneof the openings 33 of the depending terminal 3l of the klever 30 and is secured by ya nut 36. Obviously, byl

this means-itv is possible to adjust the lever ,arm 30 tok any desired heightwithin reasonable' limits and also :to adjust-it to project eitherparallel with the plow beam or slightly outwardly or inwardly as preferred. x

".Thefle-ver armsBO may' also `beoanynni- `v terialand construction desiredlbutare preferably atleast at ,their .free rear .ends of; tubularconstruction to receive the Shanks 37 Y whih'carry{upwardlyfdirected handles 381; .A`fb'olt13 9p1n or othersuitable. means is passed through ,each` lever arm 30 near'its rearend and through one'or the other of a series ofopenings 40 formed inthe shank 37 sothat the handles may be adjusted toward and'awayy froinrthe. standards .26 to bring `ormof elongated eyes vformed upon the ends of overlapping plates or bars 42 which are clamped to the tongue and which are secured in adjusted position with respect to each otherby bolts and nuts 43 so that `thexguideways maybelolated at anyY desired distance at either side ofthe tongue according to the Vsetting of the beams 23wh1ch, as is usual .are

mounted/so that they may be usted toward and away from each other. v y

` Each-ofthe depending portions of the axle 10,; adjacentv its' lower 1 end carries -a clamping -sleeve 44 having-a hook 45 and each beam at a suitable point carries a clamping sleeve 46 having angeye 47engageable with the hook..when the beam is properlyelev-ated. By this means either or both. of the beams may befsupported withg-the` plows or shovels well.r out` of.v engagement wi-th the ground while the machine is being turned at the .end ofv arrow; or` whileait. is.- bei-ngdrawn tofand'from the eld. In: some instances, .suc'h asin preparing furrows' for. planting it isdesirablethat the plows.v of one beam-be maintained atan abso lutely., uniformvjdistance from. those. of the other beam and for this'l reason I provide I each. of. Athe hand levers 30, preferably near itsrear. end, :Withran .upstandingstudr 48, these studs being adapted: to seat in yone or anotherof a series of perforations Vformed in spaced relation in the endportions of a-liob-@ ble bar 4910i Wood, metal or other 'suitable material. IThestuds may be pierced. toV receive cotterpins 50 to prevent accidental dis-` placement of the hobble bar .ifg'desiredV Obviously, with this arrangement .the hand levers. maybe secured inspaced. relationpto each other and at any Vdesired distance, within reasonable limits, to correspondingly space and hold the plow or shovel carrying'beams.

In the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, theoperation of my improvedcultivator attachment willfbe readily understood.y The driver or operator of the cultivator will, of course, occupy lthe seat in the usualmanner but instead of having to-.manipulatethe usual hand" lifting Vlevers yand ,plow directing'vhandles he will merely grasp the handles 238 or :othenparts of thetwohandleversSO in each handfunder Whifh circumstanceszhewillhave direct and easy control over-.all movement of both plow beams. It the plowsare to be raised or lowered the hand levers will be lifted -or'pressed down while inward -or outward. swinging of eithenor'both of the hand levers will'cause inward or outward swinging of the correspending beam or beams. Because ofthe leverage obtainedbut. little .'eiorty is. requiredin .this'manipulation of the plow` beams and theoperation of thcplows of eaohbeam,

both-as regards spacing toward and: from:

A they-vare elevated. If these stirrups are provided the-hook and are omitted. v

In Figs. .fl-and 6 to Sand 10 of the 4drawings I have illustrated a somewhat modified form .of attachment. As there shown la pair of supporting ysleeves or .cuffs 53 are .provided-intermediate their length vwith halfbearings '54 which with coperating halfeye members45` and 47 bearings 5,5 and bolts- 56 serve to connecty theL sleeves tothe intermediateportion of the -rear yaxle 10 to support the sleeves in vertical position-Q Standards 57 are reciprocally mounted in lthese sleeves and are vprovided at theirv lower ends with rearwardly directed lifting arms.58,which are preferably integrally, formed with the standardsk and which have downwardly directed terminals 59 having spaced bearing'collars 60. A guidei member l61 in the form of a bar of metal has one end bifurcated and laterally bent to formv clamping arms 62,'which encircle the plow beam and which are secured by a bolt and nut 63. The opposite end of this strip is offsetand is secured to a clamp 64, vsecured about the beam, by a clevis 65. This clamp forms part of the regular cultivator equipment* and has a` sleeve 66 through ywhich-"the `bolt 67 -of 'the clevis is passed.. yThe terminals 59 of the lifting arms 58,ofythe `standards 57v slide between the beams and the guidestrips 61 and are held against disengagement by the collars or abutments 60. f v

The upper ends of the standards 57 are preferably tubular to receive a telescopic standard section 68 land are pierced with -a series of diametric openings corresponding to vthe openings-34 to receive a bolt 69 by which the telescopic sections 68 are adjust- 'ably secured. "The upper ends ofthe sections 68'are forked as shown at 70, to receive the handlevers 7.1.the rear ends of which telescopically receive the shank72 of the r handles proper 73. These Shanks and the adjacent ends of the levers 71 are formed with a series of openings 74 to receive a bolt y 'Z5/by .which the length of the levers between the forks` and .handles 73 may be varied.

Split sleeves 76 are clamped about the` sleeves or cuffs 53 adjacent their upper ends by bolts A77and are formed with forwardly projecting bearings 78 which swivellv receiv-e the ends of .pivot brackets ,79... These brackets are-each formed with afvertically. disposed free terminal 80y having'a series of openings 81-to receive a pivot bolt 82 passed throughany one of the openings and the free forward end of the adj acentlever arm 71.. Obviously, these pivot bolts form fulcrums for the lever arms 71 'sothat lifting or 'lowering' ofy the lever arms will cause raising and lowering of the vstandards .57 and, consequently,- of the beams carrying theplow or shovelv blades. At the'same time because of the swivel connection between the brackets 79-and the cuEs 53 andnbe: cause of the sliding-engagement between the terminals of-thelifting arms -581 and the vbeams the lever-arms-71 may be swungIin or out to swing the beams toward or away from each other. Obviously,therefore, the operation of 'this form of attachment is the same as that of -theform previously described' l.. A l. v

With this'form of attachment split Clamping sleeves 85fare secured'about the lower portions ofthe cuffs 53 by-bolts 86 passed through their 'ears 87. The ends of spring clips 88 are clamped between'these ears by;y

lthe same bolt-.amdthefree endl of the-clips l tangular Aframev91 open at its top and lbottom and having one wall provided lat its ends with notchedflugs- 92 for engagement l against the beam to which the guide-way'is.

to-{be attached.` The forward wall of this guide-way, at its corners, is-formed with projecting ears. 93 toreceive the threaded arms of U-shapedclamping bolts 94 which,l together with nuts 95,V serve to secure the guide to the inner face ofthe beam.- j Obvi? ously, this guide may be applied to `beams of all cross-sectional shapes, the notched lugs receiving cylindrical beams or being omitted. ifthe .device isztorest against the fiat side of abeam. y j f Having lthus described the invention, whatz is claimed as new is.: 1 j .j

1. In a cultivator attachment the combination with a wheeled cultivator having a .a seat, of a single hand lever supported by the frame and having. Operative engagement with fthe Abeam.l wherebyAT swinging '0f .the

hand. lever. in any direction, either 'horizon-y tally or vertically, will cause corresponding movement of the beam, the hand lever-being adjustabler both as regards height yand, rearwardly and forwardly respectively toward and away from the seat.

2. In an attainmentforcultiv'ators the combination with a wheeled cultivatoriincluding, VVa frame, a seat'mounted upon the frame, .andi` plow beams supported atdtheir forwardendsfby the vframe for swingingmovement to'ward and away from each other and forswinging movement up. anddol'wn,l "0f hand-.levers supported bythe frameand having operative I engagement with the beamsV whereby any movement ofeither hand lever will' cause corresponding4 movement of' its beam, each hand lever including a stand# ard portion-*supported the frame 'fork forward and rearward swinging movement,-

a hand lever portion projecting"rearwardly from the upper-'portion of the standardto a'V point-adjacent the lseat an'd a lifting-arm' v portion'y extendingV rearwardly from Vthe lower endof" thestandard an'd"havingcon k nec'tion with. the f adj at ent' beam.

3. "In van attachmi-gnt for cultivatorsthe combinationwi'thfa wheeled cultivator in- -cluding-a frame, a seatfmountedupon the frame,andl low-beamssupported" at their forward en vs-"by the frame'for swinging,V movement toward and away froml eachother and for' swingingv movementjupand down,

of handleverssupported by the frame and having" operative eng'fagementv with the beams "whereby any movement of either handm lever will cause correspondingmove'- ment of its beam, eachhand lever -including :a standard portionsupported'by the frame forv forward and rearward swinging movement, a v hand'- lever` portion projecting rearwardly from' lthe upper portion of the standard tofa point,a'djacenttheseat and a liftingy armS portion extending rearwardly from the lower endI ofthe standard and having connection with theadjacent beam, the hand'lever portion being adjustable ver-v tically with respect to the standard portion.

4. In an attafhment for cultivators the"y combination with a wheeled cultivator in# cluding, a'frame, a seat mountedl upon the frame, and plow beams supported at their forward ends 'by the frame for swingingA movement up and down, of hand levers sup-` ported bythe frameland having operative engagement with the beams 'whereby 4any movement ofeither handA lever will'cause corresponding movement 'of its beam, each v hand-lever'including astandard portion" suppoited'byy the frame for forward and rearward fswingingmovement-r a 'hand leverv portionprojectmg'rearwardly from the upy perfportion ofthe standard toa point' adjafcentltheseatf and" a lifting yarm portion exlength.

tending rearwardly from-the lower:endffn they standard and having connection with theadjacent beam, the hand lever portion being'adjustable vertically and a'ngularly with. respect tothe standard portion.

In an attachment forfc'ultivators the combination with a wheeled 'cultivator including a frame, a Seat mounted upon the frame, and'plow beams supported atvtheir forward endsby the frame for swinging movement u-pandv down, of hand levers supported by the framev and having operative ing kadjustable vertically and vangularly with respect yto the standardA portion,l `and fthe, portion'fbeing adjustable inA hand lever- 6. In an attarhment for cultivators the combination with a wheeled` cultivator including' aj frame, a tongue connected'to thee frame, a seat mounted upon the iframe, and plow beams supported/attheir forwardfends. by the frame for bothvertical and*v lateral swinffin -movement of O'uidewa s suportedk by the tongue at either side vthereof` and adjustable towardand away from each other, standards freely mounted in the guideways' and formed ywith laterally recte'dV lower ends having depending termi- Mnals connected to the beams, and rearwardly directed hand levers having iixiedv connection o with the upper endsy ofthe standards whereby any movement of the hand levers /wi11" cause. corresponding movement of the standards;

7. In an attarhment for cultivators lthe combination with a cultivat-or including aiv frame, a tongue conne^ted to the frame, and plow beams supported at their forward ends bythe frame for both vertical and lateral swinging movement, of guideways supported by the tongue at either side thereof and adjustable toward and` away from each other, standards freelyV vmounted in `th'e.

guideways and -formed'with laterally di*4` rected vlower ends having dependingy terminals connected' to the beams, rearwardly directed hand levers having fixed connection with the upper ends ofthe standards where` by anymovement fof the handleVers will.

cause corresponding movement of the stand'- ards, and means for supporting thel beams in raised'position.A t

'8.9 In an "att'achmentf'o'r 'cultivators the ing 4pivotal, connection with the upper ends,y

combination with a cultivatoriincluding a' frame, and. plow beams supported at their forward ends by the frame for both vertical and lateral swinging movement, of verti-V of the standards.

9. In an attachment for cultivators the combination with a cultivator including a frame', and plow beams supported at their forward ends by the frame for both vertical and lateral swinging movement, of verti` cally disposedv sleeves supported by the frame, 'standards reciprocally mounted in `the sleeves, rearwardly directed lifting arms` n rigid with the` lower ends of the standards land having slidingv connection with the beams, kbrackets having swivel connection with the sleeves, andhand levers pivoted at their forward ends to the brackets and having pivotal connection with the upper. ends of the standards, the hand klever being adjustable in` length, the standards adjustable in height andthe hand levers having adjustable connection with the brackets whereby the disposition of the free ends of the hand levers may be varied at will. l

10. In an attachment for cultivators the combination with a wheeled cultivator frame and a plow beamv supported atits forward ment and a lifting arm rigid with the lower Copies of this patent may be obtained for end of said member and havingvsliding engagement with the beam vwhereby, lifting of themember will raise the beam and turning of the member will swinglthe beam laterally. s 1l.' In a cultivatorfattachment the combii nation with a cultivator including a frame, and plow beams supported at their forward ends by the frame for both lateral and vertical` swinging movement, of hand levers eachl supported by the frame and `having corresponding movement'ofv the beams.

' l2. In an attachment forfcultivatorslthe combination with a wheeled cultivator including a frame, and plow beams supported at their forward ends by the frame for swinging movement toward and away vfrom each other and for swinging movement up and down, of handlevers supported by the `frame and having `operative engagement withthe beams whereby any movement'of either hand leverv will cause corresponding movement ofits beam, and means applicable v to the levers for llocking them in adjusted spaced relation to each other,

13. In an attachment for cultivators .the combination with a wheeled cultivator including a frame, and plow beams supported at their forward ends by the frame for swinging movement toward vand away from each other andfor swinging movement up and down, of hand levers supported bythe frame and having operative engagement with the beams whereby anyy movement of either hand lever will cause corresponding movement of itsbeam, and means applicable to the levers for locking them in adjusted spaced relation to each other, said means including pins projecting upwardly from the levers and a hobble bar formed adjacent each end with a series of openings adapted to receive the pins.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE w. GENTRY. [La] iive cents. each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. Ci

sliding engagement with the beams whereby f f. any movement of the hand levers will cause 

